March 21 is World Poetry Day

The commemoration may not be as grand as other festivities, but World Poetry Day has been annually observed every 21st of March since 1999. March 21st was officially marked as World Poetry Day by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) during its 30th session held in Paris, France in 1999. “Poetry reaffirms […]

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Juvenile Xlibris Author Wins 3rd Walt Whitman Award

by Thomas McKinley

Xlibris author Isabelle Scott is set to accept her third Walt Whitman Young Poets Award this year. The grade school scholar and former Long Island regional Spelling Bee champion turned Xlibris author published her first poetry book – Isabelle’s Muse: Poems of a Grade School Scholar last year and has since then garnered literary praises. She […]